RJon
08-03-2016, 13:46
I følge denne artikkelen i TTG media (https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/virgin-atlantic-mulls-low-cost-offshoot-to-counter-growth-in-budget-long-haul-3508) vurdere VS å starte opp ett lavkost selskap for å forberede seg på konkuransen med Norwegian fra LGW
The carrier and its partner, US giant Delta, which owns 49% of Virgin, is considering how to counter the impact of carriers such as Norwegian Air Shuttle at the Sussex airport.
Any new company would retain the Virgin brand but be run at a lower cost as a different corporate entity with different employee contracts.
A fleet of twinjets would be moved from Delta’s mainline fleet to help lower operating costs if the go-ahead is given.
Nat Pieper, Delta’s senior vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, told TTG: “I would expect that in the next six to eight months we will know.” He added that Airbus A330s could be taken from Delta’s mainline fleet in order to give it a cost advantage over Norwegian, which uses new Boeing 787s.
The carrier and its partner, US giant Delta, which owns 49% of Virgin, is considering how to counter the impact of carriers such as Norwegian Air Shuttle at the Sussex airport.
Any new company would retain the Virgin brand but be run at a lower cost as a different corporate entity with different employee contracts.
A fleet of twinjets would be moved from Delta’s mainline fleet to help lower operating costs if the go-ahead is given.
Nat Pieper, Delta’s senior vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, told TTG: “I would expect that in the next six to eight months we will know.” He added that Airbus A330s could be taken from Delta’s mainline fleet in order to give it a cost advantage over Norwegian, which uses new Boeing 787s.